Length 36:46 Release date 25 August 2014 Label Warp | Genre Wonky | |
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Released August 25, 2014 (2014-08-25) Green Language(2014) Evenifyoudontbelieve(2015) Similar Glass Swords, Evenifyoudontbelieve, Nozinja Lodge, ESTOILE NAIANT, Everything She Touched | ||
Rustie green language album review
Green Language is the second studio album by Glaswegian producer Russell Whyte under the alias Rustie. The album, released on August 25, 2014, was announced with the track "Raptor" - first played by Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1 in June 2014. It features guest appearances from D Double E, Danny Brown, Gorgeous Children, and Redinho. The title of the album derives from "the language of the birds".
Contents
Rustie green language album review
Production
Reflecting on Glass Swords in 2014, Whyte stated that he felt that he "“went kind of quite crazy on Glass Swords" and that he was "taking the piss with kitsch sounds and over-the-top silliness." Whyte stated that he wanted his next album Green Language to be different and "more serious". In between the release of Glass Swords and Green Language, Whyte scrapped an entire album's worth of material that he stated "didn't feel right as an album."
Release
Green Language was released on August 25, 2014.
Reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 69, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on 25 reviews. The Guardian gave the album a rating of four stars out of five, calling it "an exercise in variety that pushes the boundaries of what a synth-driven album can, and should, sound like". Exclaim! opined that "There are great tracks on Green Language, but a lack of consistency stops it from being a great album."
Fact commented on the album in 2015 that the album "divided listeners". Whyte tweeted that he felt the Green Language was "too A&Red", later explaining that his managers were "trying to push me in one way, in kind of an avant garde, arty route, then I had other people trying to get me to do big singles, the vocal stuff and all that. I was getting pulled in two directions, which I think you can tell a little bit on the album."
Track listing
All tracks written by Rustie except where noted.
Personnel
Songs
1Workship2:00
2A Glimpse2:15
3Raptor4:09